Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to permanently terminate the conjugal visit program, commonly known as the family reunion program; further directs such commissioner to prohibit the establishment of any program designed to provide selected inmates and their families the opportunity to privately meet for an extended period of time.

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S3747-2011 Actions

• Jun 13, 2012: referred to correction
• Jun 13, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 13, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 12, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1188
• Jun 12, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Mar 7, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 16, 2011: referred to correction
• Jun 16, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 16, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• May 9, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 4, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 3, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.533
• Mar 3, 2011: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

S3747-2011 Meetings

Crime Victims, Crime and Correction: Mar 7, 2012, Crime Victims, Crime and Correction: May 3, 2011, Rules: Jun 18, 2012

S3747-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jun 13, 2012 , Active List: Jun 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 4, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 9, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 10, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 17, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 18, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 25, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 1, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 7, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 12, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 16, 2011

S3747-2011 Votes

S3747-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3747               REVISED 03/04/11

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the correction law, in relation to the
commissioner of the department of correction's power to permanently
terminate the conjugal visit program, referred to as the
family reunion program

PURPOSE:
This legislation would eliminate conjugal visits in New York State
correctional facilities by removing the power of the Commissioner of
Corrections to regulate the Family Reunion Program.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
� 1 amends section 146 of the correction law.

JUSTIFICATION:
In the 2010 New York State budget, then Governor Paterson proposed
$800,000 for conjugal visit trailers at Five points Correctional
Facility. The State of New York cannot reward its most hardened
criminals - criminals who have committed violent and serious crimes -
with conjugal visits.

During these difficult economic times, we must critically examine
every taxpayer dollar that New York State spends in order to find
areas for potential savings. The Family Reunion Program is a costly
and unnecessary prisoner luxury that New York can no longer afford in
this difficult budget year. There is surely a greater need for this
funding elsewhere to maintain critical services for our families and
seniors or to provide much needed property tax relief for homeowners.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S3747-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    3747

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                March 3, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced by Sens. NOZZOLIO, BONACIC, LARKIN, RANZENHOFER -- read twice
    and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
    on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

  AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to the commissioner of
    the department of correction's  power  to  permanently  terminate  the
    conjugal visit program, referred to as the family reunion program

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1.  Section 146 of the correction law is amended by  adding  a
  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:

    3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PERMANENTLY TERMINATE THE CONJUGAL VISIT
  PROGRAM REFERRED TO AS THE FAMILY REUNION PROGRAM SET FORTH IN PART  TWO
  HUNDRED  TWENTY  OF  TITLE  SEVEN  OF THE NEW YORK CODE, RULES AND REGU-
  LATIONS.  SUCH COMMISSIONER SHALL FURTHER PROHIBIT THE ESTABLISHMENT  OF
  ANY  PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SELECTED INMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES THE
  OPPORTUNITY TO MEET PRIVATELY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD03652-02-1